Vikas, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Subhash Barala, was appointed as Assistant Advocate General of Haryana on 18 July. But a dispute arose over the issue, as Vikas Barala is on bail and facing allegations of sexual harassment. In 2017, Junior Barala was accused of chasing (Section 354D) of the Indian Penal Code, wrongly stopping (341) and trying to kidnap Varnika Kundu (365).
Varnika Kundu is the daughter of former Haryana bureaucrat VS Kundu and in her complaint lodged in the police, she alleged that Vikas and her friend Ashish Kumar chased her on the night of August 4 and also tried to enter her car. The case was also related to drunk driving.
After the appointment of Vikas, Varnika Kundu while talking to several media outlets said that her faith in the judiciary was “wavering.”
The Quint has emphasized in its report that the charges were framed on October 13, 2017, but the case is pending till date. The next hearing to register evidence of the defense is to be held on August 2 this year.
According to the report of the Indian Express, the development of the development arrested on 9 August 2017 was a law student at the time of the incident. In December 2017, the Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed him to give a degree exam from Kurukshetra University.
He remained imprisoned for less than a year in the Budail Model Jail in Chandigarh. He got bail in January 2018. During this time, his father Subhash was the state BJP president. He took over the post from 2014 to 2020.
The name of Vikas is among the 97 new appointments listed in the notification for the posts of Assistant Advocate General, Deputy Advocate General, Senior Deputy Advocate General and Additional Advocate General.
Vikas was not the only person in the Barala family who was involved in violence against the woman.
Vikas’s cousin Kuldeep Barala and others have been accused of suppressing the kidnapping and rape case of a minor girl and threatening the girl to withdraw the case. The accused in the case is Vikram Barala alias Vicky, who is the grandson of Subhash Barala’s brother.
Kuldi Barala was the first member of the family, who not only defended development on social media but also convicted the victim Kundu.